Kulay-Diwa
Gallery of Philippine Contemporary Art
Kulay-Diwa Gallery of Philippine Contemporary Art
25 Lopez Avenue, Lopez Village,Sucat
Paranaque City, Metro Manila 1700
Philippines
ph: (632)8260574
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Leslie de Chavez
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ACAF NY in New York Sun
Asian Contemporary Art Fair Hits New York City: Filipino Painter's Work Highlighted in Seoul-based Gallery
Momar Visaya/Asianjournal.com
NEW YORK -- The first-ever Asian Contemporary Art Fair debuted at Pier 92 on the Hudson River from November 8 to 12 and enticed more than 20,000 guests during the four-day affair.
The fair featured 76 exhibitors from 10 different countries and the top galleries from the international art market. Hundreds of artists, both young and old, from different Asian countries such as China, India, Japan, South Korea and Vietnam participated.
In the midst of them all stood Leslie de Chavez, the lone Filipino painter, represented by Arario, an art gallery based in Seoul.
De Chavez’s work, alongside Korean artist Hyung Koo Kang’s dominated Arario’s booth at the exhibit. Kang’s huge, monochromatic portraits featured fellow artists, such as Auguste Rodin, which was one of the paintings on display. De Chavez’s work, depicting women, shared the limelight.
De Chavez’s paintings focus on “unique Filipino scenes, culture and history,” according to Jeeah Choi, Arario Gallery’s curator.
“His paintings are dark — literally, since he begins each work by painting the canvas black,” Choi explained.
Two of his paintings at the fair are unusual, because, as the New York Sun described it as “mildly — and, no doubt, ironically — pornographic”.
One was called “Lilly”, a schoolgirl, wearing a T-shirt with an image of Andy Warhol’s “Marilyn”. The racy painting had Lilly pulling up her skirt to reveal her lacy underwear.
The other one, called “Asian Wave”, shows a pair of naked women with the words “here 2 stay”.
“Lilly” and “Asian Wave”, both oil on canvas measuring 195 by 150 centimeters, cost $18,000 each (16,000,000 KRW (Korean won) or 774,000 Philippine pesos).
A third one was slightly hidden from view. It is called Unang Dalaw (First Visit) and in the market for $15,000.
De Chavez held a solo exhibit earlier this year in Beijing and Seoul where most of his paintings were sold. Next year, Arario will bring a solo exhibition of his new work to Switzerland. Plans were also being made to bring some of his paintings to the newly opened Arario Gallery, a 20,000-square-foot space on West 25th Street.
De Chavez is currently based in the Philippines. He stayed in Korea for a year as part of the Neo-Emerging Artists residency. He graduated cum laude from the University of the Philippines with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.
Kulay-Diwa is a venue for Philippines and Southeast Asian Contemporary Art. Inaugurated on February 7, 1987, Kulay-Diwa, is strategically located within a cluster of communities South of Manila. It has five independent exhibition areas able to accommodate large-scale works and a garden ideal for programs, performances and sculpture installations. The goals of the gallery are to discover and promote the works of young, talented but deserving Filipino Artists and to foster cultural interaction and exchanges with the local regions and other countries.
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All the paintings in this page were posted for reference purposes only, hence, no longer available.
Leslie de Chavez,"Kagkag", Ink on Board, 99 x 76 cms., 2002
Leslie de Chavez, "Kape Break", Ink on Board, 99 x 76 cms., 2002
Leslie de Chavez, "Pisbol", Ink on Board" 99 x 76 cms., 2002
Leslie de Chavez, "Tagapagligtas", Oil on Canvas, 153 x 122 cms., 2003
Leslie de Chavez, "Multo", Mixed Media, 122 x 122 cms., 2003
Leslie de Chavez, "Angkas", Mixed Media, 122 x 122 cms., 2002
Leslie de Chavez, "The King", Mixed Media, 153 x 122 cms., 2003
Leslie de Chavez, "Astig", Mixed Media, 153 x 122 cms., 2003
Leslie de Chavez, "Dubious Integrity", Mixed Media, 122 x 122 cms., 2002
Leslie de Chavez, "Bulaga sa Syudad", Oil on Canvas, 122 x 76 cms., 2005
Leslie de Chavez, "Anino", Mixed Media, 122 x 122 cms., 2003
Leslie de Chavez, "Kadiliman sa Lunga", Mixed Media, 152 x 122 cms., 2003
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Kulay-Diwa Gallery of Philippine Contemporary Art
25 Lopez Avenue, Lopez Village,Sucat
Paranaque City, Metro Manila 1700
Philippines
ph: (632)8260574
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